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Another week has flown by and I’m happy it’s Saturday.The sun is out and warming up.  My friend isin town for a visit and we’re having a good time. We invited some of our newer friends over to meet her and relax. Today we took her downtown to our Italian spot to grab some great food and now we’re back at the apartment ready to take a nap. Friends are awesome!

This week, I’m calling all my buddies out of state to say ‘hi’ and catch up with. I hope to convince a friend to come back for a visit. He’s a great guy and I’m hoping he’ll come during his school break. Some friends would come, but work schedules keep conflicting.

Special Announcements:

• Frugal Coast to Coast -  Being Frugal and Frugal Upstate have teamed together for a new frugal blog radio show called Frugal Coast to Coast.  The first show was on this past Monday night. It’s on Mondays at 8:30 pm EST. Please join them and call with your questions and comments. 
• Gather Little By Little hosted the Carnival of Money Stories Edition #92.

Top Personal Finance Posts This Week

• Reviewing Insurance Policies Can Save Money 
• How to Start and Manage a Debt Snowball
• Check Your Credit Report 
• Save Money With a Soup Night
• Comparing this year’s bills to last; more to it than expected!
• Investing for early retirement – Part 1
• Credit Card Companies Adjusting Credit Limits Based On Where You Shop
• A Plan to Be Debt Free in 2009
• I have a new 0% credit card
• Frugality and Binge Buying

• Green Panda is in the Carnival of Personal Finance J.D. at Get Rich Slowly is hosting Carnival of Personal Finance this week and my post on 3 Ways to Wisely Spend Your Bonus. Some other favorites of mine were: The Dough Roller: The ultimate guide to traditional and Roth 401(k) and IRA accounts Being Frugal: Things I wish I......
• Weekly Round Up: Going Out of Town We're out of town again. We visited family last week and this week we're going out to the Western part of North Carolina for a day trip. We also have a wedding coming up for my brother in law and friend, s it's been a busy summer. We'll be using......

• 21 Things We're Learning to Live Without [/caption] By Rick Newman What do you really need? It's become a national question. With jobs and money scarce, consumers are taking inventory and tossing lots of stuff once deemed important into a humongous discard pile. To safeguard the essentials—a safe home and supportive community, the kids' education, Internet connectivity,......
• Sunday Money Madness - Blog Action Day Edition Rich Credit Debt Loan is starting off the roundup by presenting the wonderful finance bloggers that have participated in Blog Action Day on October 15th, 2008. It's great to see so many out there contributing funds and writing towards the issue of poverty and increasing global awareness. Did you do......